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		pizza on April 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: _why's site is updated This is a nice message, and I know what you're trying to get at, but this is really just a great example of survivorship bias (history being written by the victors).

Evbn on April 13, 2013 [–]

It is also a statement of prerequisites. When mounting an effort for major change, rarely does winning come without the other phases.

Although sometimes ignoring comes later, or being ignored is winning.

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